by Caroline | Feb 18, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, Non profit HR, teamwork
We all know what it’s like to be in a group of people you don’t trust. You spend a lot of time watching your words, making sure you don’t reveal anything vulnerable, measuring what can be used against you or twisted into something else. If you’re in an organization...
by Caroline | Feb 11, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Management, teamwork
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we always pay homage to the fact that—in a lot of ways—an employment relationship is like a romantic relationship. Recruiting is like dating. The first 90 days are like the first few glorious months of the relationship. And then comes the...
by Caroline | Feb 4, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, teamwork
So here in Austin it seems it’s a part of the community culture for folks to complain about how much better things used to be before the city grew so much. How there used to be no traffic and there were all these other great eateries and Willy Nelson or Stevie...
by Caroline | Jan 21, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Management, teamwork
2014 was a bad year for ice in Austin. On January 28 there were 270 crashes between midnight and 6 a.m. And even though, as I write this, the weather’s lovely in Austin (except for all the insidious Cedar pollen), Dallas is being hit with what seems like constant mini...
by Caroline | Jan 14, 2015 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Culture, Management, rewards, teamwork
One of the main reasons New Year’s resolutions fail is that people bite off more than they can chew. Like they’re going to completely overhaul their diet and exercise and sleep and stress habits, all at one time. Failure is inevitable. Business owners do the same...
by Caroline | Jan 7, 2015 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management
From an HR perspective, 2015 is The Year of Employment Regulations. Consider this: a bunch of states and cities have raised their minimum wage this year and many others plan to raise it again over the next few years. Many places are implementing Ban the Box...
